2011考研英语练习:从阅读中记单词(六)
coastline n. 海岸线
例句:Unrestricted hotel development have ruined the coastline. 无限制地发展饭店已经使沿海地区遭到破坏。
continent n. 大陆,洲 a. 自制的
派生:continence, continency n. 克己;自制 continental a. 大陆的 continently ad. 自制地
例句:Africa is a very large continent. 非洲是一块非常大的大陆。
词组:the continent of Asia 亚细亚大陆
反义词:incontinent;island;isle
drifting adj. 漂流的,飘动的
例句:He is drifting through life. 他随波逐流地过日子。
determine vt. 决定,决心vi. 决定,决心
派生:determined a. 坚决地 determiner n. 限定词
例句:A rather elaborate analysis was required to determine the cross-over values. 要求相当精确地分析才能确定其交换值。
词组:be determined to do sth. 决心做某事 determine on/ determine upon 决定 determine sb. against sth. / determine sb. to do sth. 使某人决定不做某事
entirely ad. 完全,全然,一概
例句:I meant to mail the letter, but it entirely slipped my memory. 我本来准备发这封信的,却完全给忘掉了。
同义词:altogether、completely、exclusively、fully、solely、thoroughly、totally、wholly
frame n. 框,结构,体格 vt. 构成,设计,制定,使适合,陷害
例句:He had a deep, resonant voice, fitted to his massive frame. 他的嗓音低沉,带着回音,同他魁梧的体格非常相配。
词组:picture frame 画框,相框 (=sheriffs picture frame)绞架 be not framed for 不适于; 经不起; 受不住 out of frame 纷乱,无秩序 frame of mind 心情,心境 frame to oneself 想象 frame up (美俚)诬陷 frame well 有才能,有希望
同义词:arrange body border bound build construct design devise edge figure form make plan put together skeleton support trim
geologist n. 地质学家;地质学者
例句:One was blue, and a geologist; one was a horsewoman and smoked cigars. 她们中间一个是女才子,地质学家;一个是女骑手,还会吸雪茄。
geophysical a. 地球物理学的
例句:The method has proved more and more to be of very great geophysical significance. 这个方法在地球物理学上的重要性越来越明显。
interior n. 内部,内政 a. 内部的,心灵的,内地的,内政的
例句:He discussed the propagation of waves through the earth's interior. 他探讨了地震波在地球内部的传播。
词组:an interior city 内地城市
同义词:core、heart、inner、inside、middle、nucleus
反义词:exterior、foreign
milestone n. 里程碑,里程石,里程标
例句:This Games will be a milestone in Olympic history, and in the history of China. 北京的奥运会将成为奥林匹克历史和中国历史中的一个里程碑。
mobility n. 可动性,流动性,机动性
例句:There has been a tremendous increase in mobility. 人才流动已经有了大幅度增加。
mutability n. 易变性,性情不定
词组:mutability of human affairs 人世沧桑
reminder n. 提醒的人,暗示
例句:They need reminders to slow down to the pace of family life and show their care for loved ones. 人们需要经常被提醒一下,以便停下来关照一下家庭生活,并向心上人表达关爱。
词组:a reminder slip 催询单 a reminder tray 意见箱 a gentle reminder 暗示
readily ad. 迅速地,轻易地,乐意地
例句:He readily agreed to help us. 他欣然同意帮助我们。
scattered a. 分散的,散乱的
例句:Factories should be scattered instead of being concentrated in a single area. 工厂应分散布局而不应集中在一个地区。
词组:scattered set 无核集 scattered sheaf 散射层
significance n. 重要性,意义,意味
例句:Most leaders'vanity causes them to exaggerate their own significance. 绝大多数领导人出于虚荣心往往喜欢夸大他们自己的重要地位。
词组:of no (little) significance 无关紧要的
同义词:connotation、consequence、drift、effect、gist、implication、importance、meaning、substance